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John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.
Landis was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Shirley Levine (née Magaziner) and Marshall Landis, an interior designer and decorator. His family relocated to Los Angeles when he was four months old.
He began working as a mailboy at 20th Century Fox. His first noteworthy job in Hollywood was working as a "go-fer" and then as an assistant director during filming MGM's Kelly's Heroes in Yugoslavia in 1969; he replaced the film's original assistant director, who suffered from a nervous breakdown and was sent home by the producers. While filming, he met actors Don Rickles and Donald Sutherland, both of whom he would later cast in his own films. Following this, Landis worked on many films made in Europe (especially in Italy and England), most notably, Once Upon a Time in the West, El Condor and A Town Called Bastard (a.k.a. A Town Called Hell). Landis also worked as a stunt double.
Actors: Chris Hardwick (actor), Yuri Lowenthal (actor), Elijah Wood (actor), Mandy Moore (actress), Ron Howard (actor), Simon Pegg (actor), Joel Michaely (actor), Elijah Wood (actor), Luke Barats (actor), Joe Bereta (actor), Taliesin Jaffe (actor), Elden Henson (actor), Jennette McCurdy (actress), Morgan Krantz (actor), Jimmi Simpson (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Emma Bunton (actress), Leigh Francis (actor), Leigh Francis (writer), Leigh Francis (actor), Paddy McGuinness (actor), David Gest (actor), James De Frond (writer), James De Frond (director), James De Frond (producer), John Noel (producer), Peaches Geldof (actress), Tom Davis (actor), Terry Mynott (actor), Jenny Leeper (miscellaneous crew), Fu Olaseinde (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Sandra Murray (actress), Sandra Murray (miscellaneous crew), Mark Snow (composer), John Humber (miscellaneous crew), Kate Rodger (actress), Elle Travis (actress), Amanda Horton (miscellaneous crew), Taz Goldstein (editor), Taz Goldstein (writer), Taz Goldstein (writer), Taz Goldstein (director), Byrne Offutt (actor), Robert Moniot (producer), Robert Moniot (writer), Butch Hammett (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Henry Jaglom (actor), Henry Jaglom (writer), David Duchovny (actor), Henry Jaglom (director), John Landis (actor), Melissa Leo (actress), Diane Salinger (actress), Zack Norman (actor), Pierre Cottrell (actor), Lisa Blake Richards (actress), Suzanne Bertish (actress), Daphna Kastner (actress), Elizabeth Kemp (actress), Marcus Chong (actor),
Plot: Dean is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as the Official U.S. Entry at the Venice Film Festival. A beautiful French journalist arrives at the festival with the apparent intention of interviewing the unique and eccentric filmmaker. In the midst of all the festival madness, she is forced to confront the wide divergence between things as they really are and things as they seem to be - both on screen and off. And so, finally, are we. Shot half in Venice, Italy and half in Venice, California, "Venice/Venice" looks at the profound effect movies have had - and continue to have - on our lives, our loves and on our dreams of romance.
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